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carping

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)pɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of carp

adjective more carping · most carping

  1. complaining excessively. Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided and approved me, I turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked. I mean the timorous or carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as "Jane Eyre:" in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong;

noun carpings

  1. Excessive complaining. “Oh, stop your carping, Dawn!” I told myself. “You can't expect charming tones, and Oriental do-dads and apple trees in a German boarding-house.”

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adj excessive complaining

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noun excessive complaining

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@misc{carping_2026,
  title = {carping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}